<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><a class="nocolor fn" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/14324367-The-Emancipation-Of-Ida-Ho-by-RedStewie" style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 23px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(141, 56, 0); text-decoration: none;">The Emancipation Of Ida Ho</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div>by Red Stewie</div><div><br></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">I once met a **** from Idaho.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Her name was Ida, and she wasn't always a ho.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">But life sometimes imitates the ocean-</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">The ebb and tides changing in swift motion.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">So Ida ended up a ho without any notion.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Idaho wasn't Ida's first choice.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Perhaps Vegas, Los Angeles or any place with poise.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">But ****s rarely use their voice-</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">In deciding where to please the boys.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">For after all, they are just mere pleasure toys.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Ida's day of freedom eventually came.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">And her countenance burned bright like a flame.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">But then it puttered out like a candle in a storm.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">For a **** to gain freedom was out of the norm.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">Maybe you could in California or Chicago.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Roboto, "Droid Sans", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5px; background-color: rgb(253, 252, 248);">But here in Idaho- once a ho, always a ho.</span><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>